The little girl with a rare form of cancer who inspired people all over the world to remember her by painting and hiding stones has died.

Isla Tansey, of Hinckley, was seven years old.

The brave youngster inspired the #islastones campaign on social media.

It encouraged people around the world to photograph, paint and re-hide the stones.

Each of the decorated stones includes ‘#IslaStones’ so anyone who picking one up could find out about the campaign online and post a picture on a dedicated Facebook group, which has 58,000 members, for Isla to see.

Some of the decorated #islastones (Image: Unknown)

Among the groups to support the project is holiday group Thomas Cook, which made it part of the children’s entertainment programme at all its destinations with its reps all over Europe making the stones.

Cyclists from Stoney Stanton Velo Club placed three stones during their ride up Mont Ventoux in southern France.

And pebbles have been hidden as far afield as Chichen Itza in Mexico and on a beach in Thailand.

The campaign even reached the snowy climes of Antarctica (Image: Unknown)

The campaign even reached the snowy climes of Antarctica, where researchers at the Australian Antarctic Division polished a piece of wood and painted it with a pair of penguins and a chick.

“Found a stone this morning on The Pastures in Narborough," wrote Andy Allbut-King, "then I was informed that this little angel had passed. Fly high with the angels my sweet one. Condolences to your mummy and daddy."

Isla suffered from a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a tumour which normally develops in the brain.

After an operation she had in September she could no longer feel her lower body.